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Overview

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Director:
Tony Richardson
Writers:
John Osborne (screenplay)
Henry Fielding (novel)
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Release Date:
11 December 1963 (France) more
Tagline:
Tom Jones! . . . loves and loves and loves and loves . . . [UK] more
Plot:
Tom Jones, the adopted son of a British country squire, is a love-'em-and-leave-'em lady charmer who goes blithely from bed to bed, while managing to get into enough other mischief to come within moments of being hanged. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 17 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Natasha Richardson Dies at 45
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User Comments:
One of the greatest farces of all time more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 188:00 PMTCM   

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tom Jones! (UK) (poster title)
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Runtime:
128 min | USA:121 min (director's cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | Dolby (restored version)
Certification:
UK:PG (video rating) (cut) | UK:AA (1970 rating) | Iceland:L | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lynn Redgrave's film debut. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the scene where Tom Jones and Sophie Western are riding around on various horses within a barnyard area, one of the barn sheds in the background has an area of its roof repaired with corrugated iron. The story was set in the mid-1700s but corrugated iron wasn't invented until the 1820s. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: In the west of England there was once a Squire Allworthy. After several months in London he returns home.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Same Time Every Year (1981) more
Soundtrack:
Such Trying Times more

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33 out of 39 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the greatest farces of all time, 29 April 2000
Author: Eunice Muir (eunice-4) from Lake Helen, Florida

Tome Jones came out of the wonderful 60's when all the stuffy conventions of British theater, film and music were turned upside down. I first saw this film while stationed in Wiltshire in the Royal Air Force, and having grown up in the industrial West Riding of Yorkshire, my eyes had only recently been opened to the staggering beauty of the English countryside.

Tom Jones represented that unspoiled English countryside to me. I could smell the hay, the wildflowers and the livestock. Never mind that unless you were rich it was serf labor, I saw England through a wonderful fantasy of a film. The action never stopped. This movie was just hilarious from beginning to end. No glossing over the crude realities of country life - this was a period when the poor folk shared their hovels with the chickens and other small animals, when sex was raw, albeit punished on Sundays, and when the local gentry had their way with the wenches.

Rarely has there been such a belly laugh of a movie. Laugh until the tears roll down your face.

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